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Overview

Elbert P. Trulock is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with substantial contributions in Surgery and related clinical subfields.

Their work spans several subfields of study including Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Hepatology. Within these areas, Trulock has explored multiple topics such as Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes, Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Organ Donation and Transplantation, Liver Disease and Transplantation, Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments, and Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies.

Trulock has published in a range of medical journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
  • Journal of Thoracic Disease
  • Transplantation Proceedings
  • UNC Libraries

Selected recent papers include:

  • Lung protective ventilation based on donor size is associated with a lower risk of severe primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation, 2021, The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
  • Economic evaluation of the specialized donor care facility for thoracic organ donor management, 2020, Journal of Thoracic Disease
  • Uncertainty analysis of chest X-ray lung height measurements and size matching for lung transplantation, 2022, Journal of Thoracic Disease
  • Potential Role of Computed Tomography Volumetry in Size Matching in Lung Transplantation, 2023, Transplantation Proceedings
  • Lung Protective Ventilation and Primary Graft Dysfunction, 2020, The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Trulock has coauthored multiple publications with:

  • Chad A. Witt
  • Derek E. Byers
  • Ruben G. Nava
  • Varun Puri
  • Daniel Kreisel

Best Publications

  • Bilateral pneumectomy (volume reduction) for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    J.D. Cooper;E.P. Trulock;A.N. Triantafillou;G.A. Patterson

  • Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: twenty-third official adult heart transplantation report--2006.

    David O. Taylor;Leah B. Edwards;Mark M. Boucek;Elbert P. Trulock

  • Results of 150 consecutive bilateral lung volume reduction procedures in patients with severe emphysema

    Joel D. Cooper;G.Alexander Patterson;R.Sudhir Sundaresan;Elbert P. Trulock

  • Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Twenty-fourth Official Adult Heart Transplant Report—2007

    David O. Taylor;Leah B. Edwards;Mark M. Boucek;Elbert P. Trulock

  • Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: twenty-fourth official adult lung and heart-lung transplantation report-2007.

    Elbert P. Trulock;Jason D. Christie;Leah B. Edwards;Mark M. Boucek

  • Comparison of the hemodynamics and survival of adults with severe primary pulmonary hypertension or Eisenmenger syndrome.

    W. E. Hopkins;L. L. Ochoa;G. W. Richardson;Elbert Trulock

  • Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: twenty-second official adult heart transplant report--2005.

    David O. Taylor;Leah B. Edwards;Mark M. Boucek;Elbert P. Trulock

  • The registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: twentieth official adult heart transplant report--2003.

    David O Taylor;Leah B Edwards;Paul J Mohacsi;Mark M Boucek

  • The Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: twenty-first official adult lung and heart-lung transplant report--2004.

    Elbert P. Trulock;Leah B. Edwards;David O. Taylor;Mark M. Boucek

  • Clinical outcome following nerve allograft transplantation.

    Susan E. Mackinnon;Vaishali B. Doolabh;Christine B. Novak;Elbert P. Trulock

  • The registry of the international society for heart and lung transplantation: nineteenth official report-2002.

    Marshall I. Hertz;David O. Taylor;Elbert P. Trulock;Mark M. Boucek

  • Impact of immediate primary lung allograft dysfunction on bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome.

    Shiraz A. Daud;Roger D. Yusen;Bryan F. Meyers;Murali M. Chakinala

  • Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: tenth official pediatric heart transplant report-2007

    MM Boucek;P Aurora;LB Edwards;DO Taylor

  • Improved technique for bilateral lung transplantation: Rationale and initial clinical experience

    Michael K. Pasque;Joel D. Cooper;Larry R. Kaiser;David A. Haydock

  • Respiratory Viral Infections Are a Distinct Risk for Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome and Death

    Anthony P. Khalifah;Ramsey R. Hachem;Murali M. Chakinala;Kenneth B. Schechtman

  • Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Tenth Official Pediatric Lung and Heart/Lung Transplantation Report—2007

    Paul Aurora;Leah B. Edwards;Anna Y. Kucheryavaya;Jason D. Christie

  • Interventional and surgical modalities of treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension.

    Walter Klepetko;Eckhard Mayer;Julio Sandoval;Elbert P. Trulock

  • Successful outcome of lung transplantation is not compromised by the use of marginal donor lungs

    S. Sundaresan;J. Semenkovich;L. Ochoa;G. Richardson

  • International guidelines for the selection of lung transplant candidates

    Robert Aris;Richard G. Barbers;Robyn Barst;Maher A. Baz

  • BOS UPDATE Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome 2001: An Update of the Diagnostic Criteria

    Marc Estenne;Janet R. Maurer;Annette Boehler;James J. Egan

Frequent Co-Authors

G. Alexander Patterson
G. Alexander Patterson Washington University in St. Louis
Joel D. Cooper
Joel D. Cooper University of Pennsylvania
T. Mohanakumar
T. Mohanakumar Washington University in St. Louis
Roger D. Yusen
Roger D. Yusen Washington University in St. Louis
Bryan F. Meyers
Bryan F. Meyers Washington University in St. Louis
Marshall I. Hertz
Marshall I. Hertz University of Minnesota
Larry R. Kaiser
Larry R. Kaiser Temple University
Shaf Keshavjee
Shaf Keshavjee University Health Network
Gregory A. Storch
Gregory A. Storch Washington University in St. Louis
William C. Chapman
William C. Chapman Washington University in St. Louis

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